Chicks male or female?

[Dfr06]

This was my first time incubating and I had a 100%hatch. I kept 14 eggs 1 was infertile, 12 that were fine and 1 who had a broken air cell on the last few days and still hatched. Leaving me with 13 chicks. I know you could vent sex but I don't know exactly how to do it and didn't want to risk hurting them. So I decided on trying feather sexing. I am still not sure on which are male and female. The oldest is about 34 hours old. 3 of the 13 are still in the incubator drying up so I only have pictures of 10 of them. Also I don't know what kind of breed the last chick is, I only know it's a French breed. If anyone can ID the breed it would also be helpful. The others are polish, cochin, silkie, and Ayam cemani.

 

[MysteryChicken]

5 males
5 females.

 

[Dfr06]

Which ones are the males and which are the females?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

This was my first time incubating and I had a 100%hatch. I kept 14 eggs 1 was infertile, 12 that were fine and 1 who had a broken air cell on the last few days and still hatched. Leaving me with 13 chicks. I know you could vent sex but I don't know exactly how to do it and didn't want to risk hurting them. So I decided on trying feather sexing. I am still not sure on which are male and female. The oldest is about 34 hours old. 3 of the 13 are still in the incubator drying up so I only have pictures of 10 of them. Also I don't know what kind of breed the last chick is, I only know it's a French breed. If anyone can ID the breed it would also be helpful. The others are polish, cochin, silkie, and Ayam cemani.

Waaaaay too early to tell.

 

[Kiraeh]

I don't have experience with feather sexing but there is a pattern here. I see 4,5,8,9,10 having clear feathers started while the others are just down, so I guess those are my guess for females.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Which ones are the males and which are the females?

I don't know all the breeds, but I'll list them all as numbers.
Mind if I borrow your pictures as a list of genders?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I may not have time to do it now, but I will later.

 

[Dfr06]

Yeah, sure you can borrow my photos. 1-5 are polish. 6 and 7 are cochins. 8 is a ayam cemani, 9 is a silkie, and 10 is the unknown French breed

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yeah, sure you can borrow my photos. 1-5 are polish. 6 and 7 are cochins. 8 is a ayam cemani, 9 is a silkie, and 10 is the unknown French breed

Okay, I'll be back to go through the sexes, I'm gonna be leaving soon.

 

[keesmom]

Unless those chicks had a fast feathering father and slow feathering mother then they cannot be feather sexed. If every chick could be feather sexed then hatcheries would not need vent sexers.